Velvet Underground Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Toyah is still solo for this week’s Sunday Lunch

Although Robert Fripp is back from his King Crimson tour of the US, he’s happy to let wife Toyah Willcox

The joke goes that when the Velvet Underground was around in the 60s and very early 70s, they never sold

Getting my second shot today! AstraZenca + Pfizer, which is supposed to turn me into Spider-Man. Or The Hulk. I

If you’re still being very careful about wearing a mask, here’s one that takes things to a whole new level.

Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back

A long-haul trip home today: SIN-HKG-YYZ. Shouldn’t take more than 23 hours or so. But before I left, I had

“Psychedelic” is one of the most misunderstood and misused words in the English language. The word first came into use

Many people consider The Velvet Underground to be the first true alternative band. Now director Todd Haynes will bring what

How would you like to be remembered when you’re gone? Most people make do with a tombstone or some such

Has it only been two years since the Bataclan? It seems like forever. Here’s the music news for Monday, November

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver